Scream all you want about healthcare...

Scream all you want about health care, CIA prosecutions, Cash for Clunkers or the Stimulus Package...THIS is what gets my goat!
Senate Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/28/senate-president-emergency-co...
Seriously...I don't give a hoot about any of those previous issues; some affect me, most don't or won't.
But to give ANY one person or entity "control" of the Internet?
THAT'S unacceptable.
I understand the need for cyber-security. I do. Being online nearly 20 hours a day, I know all too well the possibility of a system to become compromised. I know, too, that the Feds, in all areas, are under constant attack from outside sources.
But you secure your own information, NOT give any group, Left or Right or Middle, the ability to shut down private networks without having concrete evidence that said site is malicious.
There's a LOT of things that are run by computers today, and that is one of the reasons why there are so many companies offering services to protect those; traffic lights, water systems, air traffic, power plants. ALL of these are run by computers and are networked somehow and those networks need safeguarding. This was an issue with Bush, and it continues to be an issue with this administration.
But you do not safeguard a system by allowing private networks on the Internet to be shut down, and then give that power to the Feds.
This bill also has bipartisan support. So, tell me all you anti-Big Brother government types who claim these sorts of things only happen with Democrats...where's the Republican outrage over this?